Regarding the fear on behalf of the children meme, which has been widely attributed to be among the arguments that (yet again) reversed another state’s same-sex marriage gain: when “gay marriage” is taught in the schools — which of course it won’t be, not “taught” per se; marriage of any sort isn’t “taught,” but the [...]

So, fellow progressives, stop thinking about suicide or moving abroad. Want to feel better? Eat a sour grape, then do something immediately, now, today. Figure out what you can do to help rescue the country — join something, send a little money to some group, call somewhere and offer to volunteer.

– Molly Ivins, in a nationally [...]

Philip Spooner’s testimony on behalf of LGBT marriage equality before the Maine legislature has become a YouTube phenomenon. I ran it in the sidebar here some time ago, but (like Pam Spaulding), I’m inspired to run it again today. (More Spoonerism yesterday at the LA Times.)
A full transcription of what he said is over at this [...]

From No on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign manager in my inbox this morning:
I wasn’t going to come to you to ask for money again. We’ve asked so much, and you’ve dug deep and really come through.
Honestly, I wouldn’t take my time away from managing our Get Out The Vote operation to send this email if [...]

[Image at right: the Langbehn-Pond family, from Janice Langbehn's Twitter page. Lisa at left, Janice at right.]
I had a Banned Books Week / LGBT families in children’s lit post all queued up and ready for its final powdering, but have to set it aside after reading on Tuesday evening that the Langbehn v. Jackson Memorial [...]

* Now with fundraising thermometer, below.
If you’ve been watching the news, you know that Maine needs our help.
The same campaign of fear-mongering and misinformation that helped remove marriage equality in California is being waged in Maine. All the way down to the exact same ads promoting the exact same lies (see the Box Turtle Bulletin posts: [...]

And I couldn’t agree more with it. (Statement’s after the photo below; first a little context.)
I just got this statement in the mail from Our Family Coalition, of which I am a very supportive and proud member.  In the note accompanying the statement, Judy Appel of Our Family also said:
We have also expressed our solidarity [...]

Herewith, scattered notes and photos from the beloved’s and my anniversary date  (a la the Baba’s Day pictorial), because the main dealie sitting on my shoulders these days still defies direct address, and yet squashes close to flat so much of everything else.  Thus making truthful personal narrative somewhat challenging.   The “main dealie” to [...]